Shirt



(No Model.)

J. B. JOHNSON.

SHIRT. No. 477,124. Patented June 14, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. JOHNSON, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,124, dated June 14, 1892. Application filed December 21, 1891. Serial No. 415,756. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JAMES B. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shirts, and has for its object to provide a garment of this class which will be very durable, perfect fitting, and composed of very few pieces, and therefore easily put together.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and which will be fully described hereinafter, the points of novelty being particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same letters.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the front piece of the shirt. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the back piece of the shirt. Fig. 3 represents a rear View of the shirt before sewing, showing the reinforcements folded over upon the back. Fig. 4 represents aplan view of the inside of the back with the reinforcement folded over in position to receive the bosom. Fig. 5 represents a front View of the finished shirt. Fig. 6 represents in diagram a sectional view on the line 00 a: of Fig. 5, showing the parts slightly separated. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line y 3 of Fig. 5.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1, A designates the front of a shirt designed to open in front, for which purpose the opening a is out, opening at its upper end into the neck a.

At each side the upper portion of the front A is cut out, as at A, forming the angles a a and the curved lateral extensions or reinforcements A A Above the neck a are out two pieces a (6 which form the yoke, as will be hereinafter described.

In Fig.2 of the drawings is shown the back of the shirt, (designated by the letter 13,) and which is cut out at its sides, as at B 13', to form the angles b b and extensions 13 D which correspond, respectively, with the cuts A A, angles a a and extensions A A? of the front. A plait b is formed in the middle of the back extending from the neck bdownwardly. From the neck b the material is cut upwardly and outwardly at an angle of about sixty degrees from the horizontal, as at b 11 and from the extensions B B curved upward cuts 11' b are made, which, with the cuts Z2 Z), form the extensions B B which form the re inforcements for the bosom, as will be hereinafter explained. The upper portion of the back is folded over about on the dotted lines o c, which brings the extensions 13 B down upon the angles b and the extensions B 13 down in front of the back, as shown in Fig. 4, to form bias reinforcements for the bosom. These extensions may be cutaway at the dotted lines (Z d, if the maker prefers to do so, and the bosom O inserted in the openings thus made, leaving the ends cc fora narrow reinforcement round the lower part of the bosom. This will be found sufficient for general purposes. The front A of the shirt is placed upon the back, with its angles a a upon the extensions B B of the back, and the extensions A A are folded over upon the back, bringing their ends upon the angles 11 b of the back, thus forming reinforcements around the armholes D, (formed by the cuts A A and B 3,) and the pieces a a meet at the back of the neck to form the yoke, all as shown in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the extensions of the back are folded over beneath the bosom to reinforce that point, and the front of the armholes and the extensions of the front are folded over upon the back to reinforce the back of the armholes and the yoke. From an inspection of Fig. (i it will be observed that this construction forms a double seamless shoulder E, giving an excellent shape to the shirt and great strength to the shoulders, yoke, armholes, and bosom. The sleeves D D are inserted between the body of the shirt and the reinforcements, as shown in Fig. 7 at d d, and the bosom may also be inserted in the same manner, as shown at c 0 In the finished shirt the collar-band e is put on over the double edges of the yoke and stitched around, as usual, the bosom and sleeves are stitched in so as to secure the. edges of the reinforcements, and the lowerj edge of the bosom-reinforcement is stitched down, as shown atfin Fig. 5.

In applying this improvement to shirts that open in the back, it is only necessary to cut the opening as in any other open-back shirt,

the yoke not being sewed together but simply secured to the facing, as in ordinary practice.

It will be seen that a shirt made in the manner hereinbefore described will be in less pieces than when made in the usual manner,

and hence will require less sewing to put together, and consequently be much easier to manufacture, and at the same time will produce a garment of superior character, the shoulders being seamless yet perfect fitting,

with a natural slope, and the mannerin which the sleeve is inserted gives perfectness of finish never before attained. The unique reinforcements will enable the manufacturer to produce a durable and beautiful garment from the finest fabrics without being bulky or clumsy, which will recommend it to the.

better class of trade.

It will be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of constructhe extensions from the back, extending down round the back of the armholes and back of the neck-opening to reinforce these points and form the yoke, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a shirt having a neck-opening and a slit'or opening extending from the said neck-opening downward, of a back havingextensions integral therewith and turned over the shoulders extending down inside of the front, round the armholes, and beneath the bosom to reinforce these points, a front having extensions integral therewith and turned over the shoulders outside of the extensions from the back, extending down round the back of the armholes and back of the neck-opening to reinforce these points and form the yoke, and the sleeves inserted between the extensions from the front and back, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

LEON B. LOWENSTEIN, A. LICHTENSTEIN. 

